Today's Featured Books— Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

“A lucidly described coming-of-age tale...[with] a mysterious, almost mythic feminine glamour.” -Kirkus Reviews. “A delightful read…this book brings you back to good times.” -Amazon review. “A beautifully written book about...a boy coming to find himself and his way in the world.” -Amazon review. “Her descriptions of the small town are so familiar and vivid, that I swear I know where it is or I lived there…This book is filled with friendship, plenty of family, and a whole lot of dreaming.” -Amazon review. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

"Masterful enough to recall Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America. Indeed, the writing evokes other Beat writers like Kerouac or Burroughs, bringing their style into the twenty-first century." -The US Review of Books. Via poems, short stories, and simple observations, and provocative images, The Four Seasons of Love tells a story of a father and all his loves, the most important one being his daughter—the one he keeps losing. "A must-read for anyone who enjoys experimental storytelling and creative narrative styles." -Readers' Favorite From $1.99 - SHOP NOW / 

"Boop and Eve’s Road Trip is warm, witty, & wise, with characters I loved, & characters I loved to hate. Filled with twists & turns, & many a bump in the road, this trip is a delight from beginning to end.” -Han Nolan. In this multiple award-winning novel, college freshman Eve Prince must gather the broken threads of her life to search for a missing friend. Desperate to see her sister, Eve's grandmother, Boop, hijacks the road trip. Their journey through the South is a love story between a grandmother and her granddaughter. From $4.99 SHOP NOW / 

This Amazon #1 Bestseller is a "delightful and captivating, yet quite profound read." The message of heartbreak, humor and, ultimately, hope comes through loud and clear in My Pineapples Went to Houston, Lee Gaitan’s personal and powerful tale of surviving a decade of relentless chaos and loss. Gaitan’s story of resiliency illustrates how to fashion a beautiful new mosaic out of the pieces of a shattered life. From $4.99 SHOP NOW / 

"With clean, impactful prose and an off-kilter sense of humor...strikes deep into the absurdities of life to uncover the truths we try to keep buried." -Douglas Light. What’s Wrong With This Picture? speaks to everyone who has ever searched for the meaning of existence…or a really good haircut. "These eleven stories...explore the breadth of human potential, from heartening redemption, down to the nastiest of transgressions." -Tim Bridwell From $2.99 SHOP NOW / 

"In Steven Lewis’s wildly imaginative novel, we follow curmudgeonly, big-hearted Charlie Messina as he finds himself passing through the veils of time and space, death and dreams, his life as it was and as it is yet to be." -Tony Hozeny. Back to the Future meets Travels With Charley. "Charlie...the erratic, lovable, self-proclaimed big mouth protagonist in The Lights Around the Shore, wonders and wanders across the lines of psyche and state, searching for clarity and redemption." -Kathy Curto. From $6.99 SHOP NOW /

From the Mirror is the first installment of what is to be a four-part autobiography of critically acclaimed author Randall Silvis. With more than three hundred brief reflections and observations, none longer than a single typed page, this intimate and revealing collection considers not just the art of creative writing but also the writing life, fatherhood, academia, politicians, introversion, the afterlife, solitude, romantic love, and more. Silvis spares no victims, including himself, in this brutally honest consideration of his life and career, and of the failings and potential of the human species in general. A must-read for lovers of life, literature, and the pursuit of happiness. From $5.99 SHOP NOW / 

Reader reviews: "Blue Hydrangeas is, by far, the most tender love story I've read in a very long time." "Had me laughing and crying." What if the person who knew you best and loved you most forgot your face and couldn't remember your name? A retired Cape Cod couple struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. "More than a romance... we are taken on a journey of emotional decision making." "Marianne’s writing is easy to read, well crafted, and tells a beautiful story of tragedy, commitment, and everlasting love." From $2.99 SHOP NOW / 

"This is a captivating book, historically authentic, and movingly romantic. A mesmerizing tale of love in a time of extraordinary trials." -Kirkus Reviews. Set in the turbulent Russian Empire of the 19th century, Horodno Burning is a love letter to literature, freedom, and Jewish survival. "...a moving story about human persistence and hope..." -Ellen Meeropol, author of My Sister's Tattoo. "This gripping novel brings history to life." -David Ebenbach, author of How to Mars. From $6.99 SHOP NOW / 

Readers Favorite, International Book Awards, Finalist. #1 on Amazon and Most Gifted. A sweeping tale of abuse and heartache seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl. Based on life in notorious government institutions that were closed by a Royal Commission in 1974, this book tells the story of healing of a tortured soul in the remote but beautiful Australian outback. From $5.99 SHOP NOW / 

"Confronting and charming with the rapid-fire efficiency of the micro format that makes this collection both prolific and profound." -Tyler Salsman. This book is Alchemy, mundane lead gets transformed to gold, poem by poem, consummation by birth, consummation by death, consummation by transformation. "Kamstra’s words burrow into those intimate places... With its confessional yet unrepentant tone, this poetry collection is a masterpiece of imagery" -Catherine LoFrumento. From $2.99 SHOP NOW / 

Mabel is the daughter of William de Belleme. When William murders Mabel’s mother, he is driven into exile—but Mabel follows loyally, despite his deed. She remains her father’s daughter in temperament and soon her reputation becomes fearsome. Castles and lands are collected like pieces on a chessboard, and those who object to her harsh tactics are dealt with, not by the sword, but by Mabel’s secret means. When Mabel plays her game, she seeks to win at any cost. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

"A wise and generous memoir, keenly observed, unflinchingly recorded, written with humor, empathy, and love." -Dinah Lenney. Against a background of family runaways, award-winning memoirist Joanne Nelson explores what it takes to stay when the going begins to dazzle and the staying seems way too ordinary. "Wrenchingly human stories." -Lisa C. Krueger From $2.99 SHOP NOW / 

In her powerhouse collection Unapologetically Feminist poet Urvashi Bundel fights against the ravaging wildfires of misogyny, racism, and global social injustice with her own starbright flame. She travels the world in line after feverish line—observing, reporting back, and crying out for change. "Urvashi sensitively and deftly plays with complex ideas such as immigration as well as human rights." -Reedsy Discovery. The poet says, "The girl must eat / And the hyenas too. / In a fight to gather firewood, / She returns burned again from the bushes, / This time with the title of witch." From $8.99 SHOP NOW /